Day trips from Nashville · Lake
Normandy Lake
67 miles from downtown Nashville · about 1 hour 15 minutes
TVA, Coffee and Bedford Counties, near Manchester and Tullahoma, TN
Normandy is a small TVA lake on the Duck River, 3,230 acres with seventy-two miles of shoreline, between Manchester and Tullahoma. Barton Springs Recreation Area on the south shore is the main public access.
- Surface
- 3,230 acres
- Shoreline
- 72 miles
- Main access
- Barton Springs Recreation Area
Permits, fees and access
Barton Springs is the primary public recreation area, with camping and a ramp. Facilities are lighter here than at the Corps lakes.
One thing to know first
This is a narrow reservoir with a water supply mission and a fish hatchery downstream, so levels fluctuate. Plan on doing your provisioning in Manchester rather than at the lake.
Access rules, fees and closures verified August 15, 2026 against the agency that manages this place. They change, sometimes without notice. Check before you drive.
I keep this list because it is genuinely how people spend weekends here, and because almost every guide to it is out of date. If you are weighing a move to Middle Tennessee and want to know which part of it puts you closest to the things you actually like, ask me. No pitch.